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GNI, Adobe tie up to set up Adobe Creative Technology Academy
: To help students gain industry-ready skills, educational group Guru Nanak Institutions (GNI), today announced it has entered into a partnership with technology giant Adobe for setting up Adobe Creative Technology Academy at its campus here. Through the integrated programme,GNI will offer an add-on specialisation along with the B.Tech degree and students will be trained on Adobe skills using two-year add-on specialisation in multi-stack UI/UX and IOT technologies. "The programme will create industry-ready professionals with certification in AdobeUI/UX technologies," GNI Vice Chairman G S Kohli told reporters here after signing the strategic agreement with Adobe Ireland. It will also develop and enhance skills and knowledge of students and faculty in areas of UI/UX Design and Development, he said adding "we aim to skill about 1,000 students every year using this academy." "We work with students all over the world in skilling them in next generation Adobe technologies. We
Modi praises Odisha tea seller for educating slum children
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed a tea seller in Odisha's Cuttack for providing education to 70 slum children.
138-yr-old Pune school opens its doors to girls
Ending the decades long tradition, a 138-year-old school, started here by freedom fighters including Bal Gangadhar Tilak, is all set to open its doors for girls from the upcoming academic session. The decision to this effect has been taken by the school management to break the "gender stereotypes", its principal said. The New English School was started by Tilak along with social reformers like Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and Vishnushastri Chiplunkar in 1880. The institution, run by the Deccan Education Society, had the co-education system till 1936. However, the education society then started another institution - Ahilyadevi High School - exclusively for girls in the city. Gone are the days when boys and girls were taught in different schools, said Nagesh Mone, who recently took over as the school's principal. "While growing up, the students should know that men and women are equal and in order to break the gender stereotypes, it is important to start co-education at the early
PM Modi congratulates Indian Mount Everest conquerors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded five tribal students and many other conquerors for scaling Mount Everest this year.Addressing the 44th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Modi said, "I laud the five tribal students from Chandrapur, Maharashtra, Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj, Sangeeta Bahl and a BSF contingent for scaling the Mount Everest. The BSF contingent also brought back dirt that had accumulated in the mountains."On May 16, a team comprising five tribal students, named Maneesha Dhurve, Pramesh Ale, Umakant Madhavi, Kavidas Katmode and Vikas Soyam, from Ashram School in Chandrapur, scaled the world's highest peak. These students began training in August, 2017, covering Wardha, Hyderabad, Darjeeling and Leh-Ladakh.Just a while ago, 16-year-old Shivangi Pathak became the youngest Indian woman to climb the 8,848-metre peak from the Nepal side.Ajeet Bajaj and Deeya Bajaj also become India's first father-daughter duo to climb the 8,848-metre peak. The climbed the peak on ..
EEF ties up with Power Grid to offer digital solutions at Army-run schools in J&K
Terrorism deprives thousands of children of education in Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian Army has set up special schools to address this problem. Now, the quality of education at these institutions in J&K is all set for a digital leap with the introduction of a digital solutions learning programme. The programme was inaugurated by Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat at Army Goodwill Schools, Pahalgam, at a function held late Friday evening, and attended by GOC Northern Command Lt. General Anil Bhatt with senior officials from the State Education Department, civil administration and other senior police functionaries. At least 1,600 students and hundreds of staff at Army Goodwill Schools (AGS) will benefit from Phase I of the programme, facilitated by a non-profit NGO 'Extramarks Education Foundation (EEF)' headed by founder Atul Kulshreshtha and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), according to a release issued by organisers. EEF and PGCIL will equip all the army ...
Students turn 'foot soldiers' for Goa govt's waste mgmnt drive
They go to school, they study, and they also lend a helping hand to the Goa government's drive for proper segregation and collection of waste. Thousands of students from over 400 schools across the coastal state have become 'foot soldiers' for the initiative, taken up by the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC), an official said. With the help of students, the state-run body has been collecting a total of about 17 tonnes of segregated waste from the schools every month, he said. The high school students are playing a pivotal role in the initiative by meticulously segregating the garbage and disposing it in bins. The waste is then shifted to the treatment plant at Saligao near Panaji, GWMC Managing Director Sanjith Rodrigues told PTI. Students from 403 schools are a part of the project. In each school, the drive is led by a nodal officer, who is a teacher from the same institution, he said. GWMC, set up a few years back to tackle the garbage issue, has introduced the ..
Civil rights attorney Lewis Myers Jr. passes away
Civil rights attorney Lewis Myers Jr., who worked on a key lawsuit against racial discrimination in Mississippi's higher education system, passed away on Saturday.He was 70 years old."We've lost a loving husband, wonderful father and dear friend ... legal scholar, civil rights activist, and advocate for the poor and marginalised," CNN quoted a statement from his family.Myers' firm website says that he was involved in a notable desegregation lawsuit, Ayers vs. Mississippi, that was filed in the 1970s and eventually reached the US Supreme Court.It led to the state operating its higher-education system under court-ordered desegregation in 1995, CNN quoted The Clarion Ledger.In 2005, the state began making payments on a USD 503 million settlement to three historically black colleges, because of Lewis Myers Jr.
DTC driver's son tops CBSE Class 12 exam
Prince Kumar, the son of a DTC bus driver, topped the CBSE Class 12 examination in the science stream. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia congratulated Kumar and said that it was a "very proud moment" for him. "Very proud moment, just congratulated Prince Kumar, topper of Delhi Govt school, Science stream in Class 12, Son of a DTC bus driver has got 97% with 100/100 in Maths, 99/100 Eco, 98/100 in Chemistry (sic)," Sisodia tweeted. He also congratulated Prachi Prakash, who topped the commerce stream in Delhi government schools. "It was also touching moment to speak to Prachi Prakash and her family, topper of Delhi Govt school, Commerce stream in Class 12. Daughter of a small private company executive, Prachi got 96.2% with 100/100 in Eco, 99/100 in Math," Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said in another tweet. He also interacted with Chitra Kaushik, Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector's daughter, who topped Delhi government schools in arts stream. Sisodia also ...
It's best moment of my life: CBSE topper Anoushka Chandra
Anoushka Chandra, who stood second in the CBSE Class 12 examination with a score of 498 out of 500, is still to come to terms with her achievement. Chandra, a student of Seth Anandram Jaipuria School in Ghaziabad, told PTI, "I can't put it into words. Yes, we had thought that results would be good. Being the all-India second topper has been the best moment of my life. We have not decided how we will celebrate this moment." She scored 98 in English (Core) and 100 in History, Economics, Political science and Psychology. Chandra said that she used to plan and study. "I used to set targets on a daily basis and cross them off after I finished. I used to study for one or one-and-a-half hours and then take a break for half-an-hour or 15 minutes," she said. Chandra is a voracious reader and likes reading about contemporary issues. She intends to study Political Science at Delhi University. "The colleges on my wish-list are Miranda House, Hindu, St Stephen's and LSR," she said. The CBSE exams .
CBSE Class 12 topper fan of thriller series, Meghan Markle
Meghna Srivastava, who has topped the CBSE Class 12 examination, is a fan of thriller series, loves baking cakes to beat stress and looks up to Meghan Markle. She topped the CBSE Class 12 examination by getting 99.8%. She secured 499 marks out of 500. Srivastava hails from Noida and studied at the Step By Step School there. She scored 99 in English (Core), while in other subjects --Psychology, History, Geography and Economics -- she scored 100. Srivastava said that the pre-boards helped her prepare for the exams well and she solved a lot of question papers of the previous years to prepare for the exams. "I have been very consistent and I would plan my revisions. I did not over pressurise myself . I always focussed on my timelines and never indulged in studying at the last moment," she told PTI. Srivastava's mother, who works as an HR head for a Gurgaon-based MNC, said that they never forced her to study hard. "I was always worried that she should eat well. We did not pressurise her ..
CBSE results: Delhi 3rd in terms of pass percentage
As the CBSE declared Class 12 results today, Delhi was third in terms of pass percentage after Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai. The overall pass percentage was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent. The best performing region was Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala with a pass percentage of 97.32. Chennai region's pass percentage was second best at 93.87, while Delhi's pass percentage was 89. Last year, Delhi's pass percentage was 88.37. Girls outshone boys in the Delhi region as well with a pass percentage of 93.19 as against boys' 84.93. The pass percentage of government-aided schools in Delhi this year was 82.79 as against 80.32 in 2017. The pass percentage of private schools was 88.35 this year as compared to last year's 84.20. The pass percentage of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya was 99.17 this year as compared to last year's 97.04. Kendriya Vidyalayas had a pass percentage of 98.06 this year as compared to last year's 96.59. As many as 16,408 students had compartment, a ...
KVs give best results among all categories of CBSE schools
Kendriya Vidyalayas gave the best results among different categories of schools affiliated to the CBSE with a pass percentage of 97.78, as opposed to 95.86 last year. While private schools had the lowest pass percentage with 82.50, the overall pass percentage for Class 12 was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar also praised the Kendriya Vidyalayas' performance in the Board results. Javadekar said, "I am very happy for Kendriya Vidyalaya and Navodaya Vidyalaya." According to CBSE officials, government-aided schools registered a pass percentage of 84.48 per cent and government schools had a pass percentage of 84.39. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and Kendriya Vidyalaya have pass percentage of 97.07 and 97.78 per cent respectively. The schools under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA) had a pass percentage of 94.82 while private schools had a pass percentage of 82.50, the lowest among all the categories of schools. Out of 68,590 .
Did not let partial visual impairment come in way of aspirations: Differently abled CBSE topper
Lavanya Jha, who has come third among the differently abled students in the CBSE Class 12 examination, says she did not let partial visual impairment bog her down and come in the way of her aspirations. Jha scored 97.4 per cent in the board examination. For her, preparation for the examination began two years ago when she shifted to Delhi from Patna. "I left my parents and my home. I stayed in a hostel. The course I wanted to pursue was not available in Patna and that's why I had to move to Delhi for my Class 11 and 12," Jha told PTI. Jha said she also gave up watching television to focus on her examination. "I gave up TV. I used to enjoy watching songs. I don't think I like watching TV any more now," she said. The DPS R K Puram student is 40 per cent visually impaired and her impairment was diagnosed in 2014. "I did not let it affect me. I thought it would be better if I did not pay much heed to it. I ignored it and did not consider it as a hindrance," she said. "I got extra time to .
West Bengal to get four new universities: Partha
West Bengal Higher Education Minister Partha Chatterjee today said four new universities will come up in the state in the future. Chatterjee, who was present at the convocation of Kazi Nazrul University here, said the new varsities will be set up in Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, East Midnapore and Jhargram. The minister said during the seven years of Trinamool Congress rule, 22 new higher educational institutions have come up in West Bengal. The state will set up two-three colleges and one university in each district, as part of the objective to bring higher education to more people, Chatterjee said. At the convocation earlier today, the Kazi Nazrul University conferred a D Litt (honoris causa) on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "It is a matter of pride to confer the honour on Hasinaji from a state university named after Kazi Nazrul Islam on his birth anniversary," Chatterjee said. "Our government has worked to make Churulia, the birth place of Kazi Nazrul, a place ...
Javadekar congratulates students who cleared CBSE class 12 exam
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar on Saturday congratulated students who passed the Central Board of Secondary Examinations (CBSE) class XII exams.The Minister also advised those students who did not do well to not lose heart and work hard to succeed."I congratulate all those who succeeded. Those who did not succeed, I give them my best wishes because they should not lose heart. This is a temporary setback and they will put in more effort and succeed," Javadekar said.Javadekar said that even the government and government-aided schools have scored more than the average result which shows that the such schools are improving."I am very happy for Kendriya Vidyalaya and Navodaya Vidyalaya. Even government and government-aided schools have scored more than the average result. It is really a landmark moment. The quality of government schools is improving and it's a good news for everyone," he added.The CBSE has announced its results today with the overall pass ..
Just hard work and consistency, reveals CBSE Topper
After topping the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 examination, Meghna Srivastava on Saturday revealed that there was no secret formula for her success and it was her consistent hard work that had paid off."There is no secret, you just have to work hard and be consistent throughout the year. I never counted the number of hours I studied. My teachers and parents have been really helpful. They never pressurized me," she Meghna Srivastava told ANI.Meghna said that she plans to take up Psychology as her subject.Meghna scored 499 marks out of 500 in the CBSE board class 12th examination 2018. She is resident of Ghaziabad and studied in Step by Step School, Noida.The CBSE has announced its results today with the overall pass percentage of 83.01 percent.The top three regions were Thiruvananthapuram with 97.32 percent, Chennai 93.87 percent, and Delhi with 89 percent.Vijay Ganesh from Kerala topped the differently able category with a score of 492. Pooja Kumari of Dehradun
CBSE sets up helpline for students to deal with post-result stress
The Central Board of Secondary Edcuation today operationalised a helpline for students to battle post-result stress. The CBSE announced its Class 12 results today with an overall pass percentage of 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent. "The CBSE has also set up special counselling facility for dealing with post-result anxiety. There are 69 counsellors, principals and special educators, who will be assisting the caller on any issue pertaining to post-exam anxiety," said Rama Sharma, senior public relations officer, CBSE. Out of the 69 counsellors, 49 are in India, including two special educators, while 20 experts are located in Nepal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Al-Khobar, Jeddah), Oman, the UAE (Dubai, Sharjah, RasAl-Khaimah), Kuwait, Singapore and Qatar. The helpline will be functional from 8 AM to 10 PM on all days till June 9. The CBSE will be providing counselling services to students and parents to overcome common psychological problems and general queries related to
CBSE Class 12 results declared; girls fare better than boys
The Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) Class 12 result was declared on Saturday, with girls faring better than boys and also bagging the first six spots.
No secret formula, just hard work reason for success: CBSE Class 12 topper
Meghna Srivastava, who has topped the CBSE Class 12 examination, today said there was no secret formula for her success and it was only consistent hard work that had paid off. Srivastava hails from Noida and studied at the Step By Step School there. She secured 99 marks in English (Core), while in the other subjects --Psychology, History, Geography and Economics -- she scored a perfect 100. "It's been a really thrilling experience. There is no secret and one has to work hard throughout the year," she told reporters. Srivastava is the niece of former CBI director Anil Sinha, who said that she has always been a bright student. "She has always been a very bright and studious girl. She has brought laurels to our family and we are proud of her," Sinha said. Anoushka Chandra, who stood second in the exam with 99.6 per cent, thanked her parents and her school principal for her success. Chandra, who is a student of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria School in Ghaziabad, scored 98 in English (Core) ..
Separatist leader's daughter tops CBSE results in J&K
The daughter of senior separatist leader Shabir Shah on Saturday topped the CBSE results among all affiliated schools in Jammu and Kashmir.
